Year 7 Assessment Booklet 20-19

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LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: PHASE 1 C RITERION D: U SING LANGUAGE IN SPOKEN AND WRITTEN FORM M AXIMUM : 8 At the end of phase 1, students should be able to: i. write and speak using a basic range of vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions; when speaking, use clear pronunciation and intonation ii. organize basic information and use a range of basic cohesive devices

iii. use language to suit the context.

Achievement Level

Level descriptor

The student:

i. has difficulty to write/speak using a basic range of vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions; when speaking, uses pronunciation and intonation with many errors , making understanding difficult

1-2

ii. organizes limited basic information, and basic cohesive devices are not used

iii. makes minimal use of language to suit the context.

The student:

i. writes/speaks using a basic range of vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions, with some inappropriate choices ; when speaking, uses pronunciation and intonation with some errors , some of which make understanding difficult

3-4

ii. organizes some basic information and uses a limited range of basic cohesive devices, not always appropriately

iii. uses language to suit the context to some degree .

The student:

i. writes/speaks making good use of a basic range of vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions, generally accurately ; when speaking, uses pronunciation and intonation with some errors , though these do not interfere with comprehensibility

5-6

ii. organizes basic information and uses a limited range of basic cohesive devices accurately

iii. usually uses language to suit the context.

The student:

i. writes/speaks effectively using a basic range of vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions accurately ; when speaking, uses clear pronunciation and excellent intonation, making communication easy

7-8

ii. organizes basic information clearly and uses a range of basic cohesive devices accurately

iii. uses language effectively to suit the context.

S OMERSET C OLLEGE IB - C URRICULUM I NFORMATION B OOKLET Y EAR 7 M IDDLE Y EARS P ROGRAMME